Weather

Winter Storm Watch issued March 03 at 3:37AM CST until March 05 at 6:00AM CST by NWS

Effective: 3:37 a.m. on Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Expires: 6 a.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2015

...MORE ACCUMULATING WINTRY PRECIPITATION ON THE WAY....A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. COLDARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE IN BEHIND THE FRONT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TO REDEVELOP LATE TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTEDTO TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND THEN SNOWFALLFROM TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. ONLY A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF ICEACCRETION IS EXPECTED BEFORE TRANSITIONING OVER TO SLEET AND SNOW.SNOW MAY BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES DURING THE LATE MORNING ANDAFTERNOON HOURS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MISSOURI WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWOF FOUR TO SIX INCHES EXPECTED. THERE MAY BE ISOLATED HIGHERAMOUNTS WITHIN THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS THAT DEVELOP. THECOMBINATION OF ICE AND SNOW IS THE REASON FOR THE WINTER STORM WATCH....WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGHLATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SPRINGFIELD HAS ISSUED A WINTERSTORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGHLATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT.* TIMING AND AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHEAST OF A BRANSON TO SALEM LINEBEGINNING EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGHWEDNESDAY NIGHT.* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...GENERAL FOUR TO SIX INCH AMOUNTSARE EXPECTED WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION WILL INITIALLYBEGIN AS SOME FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCRETIONS OF UP TO 0.05 OFAN INCH POSSIBLE.* WINDS AND VISIBILITY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH ALONGWITH THE HEAVIER SNOW WILL CAUSE VISIBILITY OF A HALF MILE ORLESS AT TIMES.* IMPACTS...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL AS THE ICEAND SNOW ACCUMULATES.